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When it gets too hot in street canyons in summer, many city dwellers head for the parks. No wonder: it can be up to five degrees cooler there than in the concrete jungle. The greenery works like air conditioning. But which trees have the greatest cooling effect? Plant ecologist Mohammad Rahman is in Munich trying to find out.

Last change: 21/09/2021

Uzbekistan wants to establish renewable energies. But the country is short on expertise. Materials researcher Mirabbos Hojamberdiev has the knowledge required: he develops promising solar technologies which could become a model for other places, too.

Last change: 21/09/2021

That’s me on the climbing wall at the 2018 Paraclimbing World Championships in Innsbruck. For the second time in succession, I took the world title in the AL-2 category. This stands for “athletes with an amputated leg or leg deficiency”.

Last change: 21/09/2021

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2015 Karen Radner Karen Radner's mission as an Alexander von Humboldt Professor at LMU Munich will be to shift the focus of classical and ancient studies more towa

Last change: 28/11/2023

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2015 Sharon Jeanette Macdonald Under Sharon Macdonald’s leadership, Humboldt-Universität, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundat

Last change: 08/12/2023

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2015 Harald Andrés Helfgott As an Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the University of Göttingen, Harald Helfgott will reinforce the research focus on algebraic g

Last change: 08/12/2023